CVE 7.8 HIGH

net: ena: PHC: Fix potential use-after-free in get_timestamp_CVE-2026-52971

7.8 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ena: PHC: Fix potential use-after-free in get_timestamp

Move the phc->active check and resp pointer assignment to after
acquiring the spinlock. Previously, phc->active was checked without
holding the lock, and resp was cached from ena_dev->phc.virt_addr
before the lock was acquired.

If ena_com_phc_destroy() runs between the lockless active check and
the lock acquisition, it sets active=false, releases the lock, frees
the DMA memory, and sets virt_addr=NULL. The get_timestamp path would
then read a NULL virt_addr and dereference it.

With both the active check and the pointer read under the lock,
destroy cannot free the memory while get_timestamp is using it.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-52971
Source Linux
Published Jun 24, 2026 at 16:28
Modified Jun 28, 2026 at 06:37

Affected Product

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Version e0ea34158ee8c4f7536cd781010339ff28c0d24c
Affected Versions Linux Linux e0ea34158ee8c4f7536cd781010339ff28c0d24c
Linux Linux e0ea34158ee8c4f7536cd781010339ff28c0d24c
Linux Linux e0ea34158ee8c4f7536cd781010339ff28c0d24c
Linux Linux 6.17

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